#ADB027#ADB027

#ADB027 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.149 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADB027
RGB	rgb(173, 176, 39)
HSL	hsl(61, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(61, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 77.8%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.53, -16.79, 64.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.53, 66.17, 104.69°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% -0.0532 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.149 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.1263, 40.0823, 7.9107)
Luminance	0.4008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADB027 #2A27B0

analogous

#B06F27 #ADB027 #69B027

triadic

#ADB027 #27ADB0 #B027AD

tetradic

#ADB027 #27B06F #2A27B0 #B02769

square

#ADB027 #27B06F #2A27B0 #B02769

split-complementary

#ADB027 #2769B0 #6F27B0

monochromatic

#4B4C11 #7C7E1C #ADB027 #D1D540 #DDE072

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#ADB027 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#ADB027 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADB027

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADB027	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADB027	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adb027;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 176, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.149 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c76d',
    500: '#adb027',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adb027;
$custom-light: #c9c76d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adb027",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.314,
    "s": 63.721,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73156,
    "c": 0.14935,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADB027

secondary

#6E6CC7

accent

#41E745

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADB027

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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